I would have to agree with this. However if any of the ladies here would like to give it one last try before going under the knife…
How you doin?
Best of luck to the OP. I sure you will look great afterwards.
I would have to agree with this. However if any of the ladies here would like to give it one last try before going under the knife…
How you doin?
Best of luck to the OP. I sure you will look great afterwards.
This may sound stupid but please indulge me if it’s not offensive. What is the normal amount of time for breast feeding? As a man I’m not so sure , but my niece and nephew were about 6 to 9 months. something like that . I never gave it much thought until now. It just seemed like alot. I don’t have anyone to ask other than my wife and she didn’t know .
Worldwide, especially in developing countries, children are often breastfed up to 2 years. In the U.S., it’s more common for it to be 3 or 4 months IIRC. And no, I have no cites, that’s just remembered statistics.
I thought worldwide it was more like up to age four? I know my “first-world” friend did it up to age six as a comfort thing with her youngest son.
According to my SIL it’s recommended to breastfeed to 2 years.
To the OP, have you considered wearing something other than a bra? Have you even been properly fitted? I remember watching a TV programme with three women considering breast reduction who were J or K cups, and getting properly fitted bras made all the difference.
My Womanly Art of Breastfeeding is out in the car, but from memory, there was a researcher who looked at primitive societies and other mammals, and estimated that a “natural” time of weaning for human beings would be between three and seven years old.
The AAP says nurse at least a year, and however long thereafter both parties want to continue. The WHO says two years.
However, yes, it is quite rare for American women to nurse up to 12 months, and almost unheard of for toddlers and preschoolers to continue nursing. The Healthy People 2010 Initiative has a goal of getting to 25% of mothers nursing till one year.
Mighty_Girl, congratulations! Remember to complain a lot to your doctor about any problems the girls cause over the next few months, to help mollify the insurance company. Oh, and don’t forget to express a little milk if you get full (though the nice thing about later weaning is that’s less of an issue).
My friend is like a 38 G right now, and is fantasizing about a reduction. She says she wants them to use the excess fat to finally give her a butt, too!
:o I’m heavy all over and have 42DD breasts. I have to say I don’t experience too much discomfort but maybe it’s because I’m big all over and it balances out somehow??
The properly fitted bras help a lot. They cost $96. Apiece. And must be handwashed.
(I’m a G. A surgery-averse G, unfortunately.)
Seriously, anybody over a C cup should be able to claim bras as a medical expense and get at least partially reimbursed for them. Damn those things are expensive. And not even slightly optional.
Excuse my lack of cultural literacy but… what does that mean?
Various answers to questions above.
Re: breastfeeding. The WHO suggests it be done at least to 2 years of age. That’s what I had planned, but my 23 mo started pre-school a month ago and I guess breastfeeding was crashing her style, or something. One day she said ‘mommy, no more boobies!’ and that was it.
Re: insurance. I’ll pay this from my pocket. My coverage does not include something like this and no amount of pleading will get those cheap bastards to cover it.
Re: fitting. Up until now I only possessed nursing bras. Even if I get properly fitted (and I doubt it can be done here, we are in the boonies, you know) I will still have to carry the boobs. The worst part is the heat, there’s a lot of chaffing and sometimes rashes. I just want normal boobs, I mean normal for someone my height.
Great to hear so many satisfied women. Fills me with confidence.
Mighty Girl,
You are wise to wait for a bit. I lost a few inches on my boobs after I finished breastfeeding and my milk had dried up. My boobs were noticeably smaller than before I got pregnant.
I believe she appeared topless (pre-op) in Prozac Nation.
With my mother dead from breast cancer, and 2 of my fathers 5 sisters having survived breast cancer, I want mine (DD size) off completely. I heard the term “cancer nurseries” about someone having their ovaries removed, and that is what I think about my breasts. I don’t want to keep getting mammograms (the radiologist missed my mother’s breast cancer on her first mammogram, and she had small boobs), I don’t want that nagging thought in my mind “has the cancer started growing yet?”. Haven’t been to the surgeon to see how much it would cost. (no health insurance) Don’t want reduction or reconstruction, want to be able to look down and say “Oh good, they’re gone!”
Christina Ricci appeared topless for the first time in a movie before she had breast reduction surgery.
Ladies, I understand your discomfort, but I just have to say that breast reduction makes me cry inside. When I found out that Christina Ricci downsized her cleavage I did that thing you see in movies where the actor goes down on his knees screaming NOOOO!!! as the camera pan backs over their head. Don’t get me wrong, she’s still beautiful, but she had some great boobs.
That’s how I feel about my ovaries and uterus. I’ve had cysts removed once already, they hurt all the time, I don’t need the damned things - just take 'em out already. Well, leave one ovary for hormones, I guess, but take the rest of the mess.
It’s never been funny to me. My wife and I have a friend whose daughter had breast reduction surgery when she was a sophomore in high school so she could play basketball. They went through all the usual pain/suffering/expense stuff, plus the baggage of people gossipping about how “awful” it was for a girl so young to have “cosmetic” surgery just to play sports! The truth of the matter was, she was a pretty damn good shooting guard, but her tits forced her to keep her elbows too wide – without the excess, she brought her elbows in closer, her goal percentage doubled, her speed increased and she scholarshipped to a junior college in Nebraska. In other words, after losing God-knows-how-many-pounds of excess tissue on her chest, her life became normal.
Sounds like it became better than normal.
I just wanted to add that I do know a few women who’ve had breast reductions, and all of them are very satisfied with the results.
Heh… I thought it was all silicone.
The things I learn on the SDMB
So this posting isn’t a complete bust (!) here’s a link to a thread I did about his once.